Full Coverage: Climate change

28.04.2005 Another new regional airport opens today near Doncaster. Whatever the politics of cheap flights, it is increasingly clear that the absence of VAT or fuel tax creates an absurd competitive advantage for aviation in an era of rising oil prices. The hasty upward revision of passenger projections is further evidence that this form of travel is out of control.

28.04.2005 Alarmed by the impacts of global warming they've experienced, veteran arctic explorers Lonnie Dupre and Eric Larsen will paddle, ski, gaff hook, man haul and slog their way to the geographic North Pole and beyond this summer to call attention to the growing problem. You can follow their expedition from the comfort of your computer desk and take actions yourself to combat global warming, and maybe even win a free trip to the Amazon from Greenpeace.

27.04.2005 The chain reactions set in motion by global warming know no bounds; scientists say that melting Himalayan snow ultimately reduces the harvest for poor Somali fishermen - and for good measure creates a nasty positive feedback loop in the climate change equation.

26.04.2005 For Greenpeace campaigners, John Prescott symbolises the "all talk and no action" record of Labour on climate change, in his case the failure to tighten up building regulations for energy efficiency. His own home will now set a good example thanks to a visit from Greenpeace to fit new solar panels.

22.04.2005 Friends of the Earth is disgusted that both Conservative and Labour ignore climate change in the election campaign. But does this represent instead a failure of environmental campaigners to jolt the electorate out of its materialist mindset?

21.04.2005 The European Commission wants to consult widely about the quandary of aviation and climate change. Will the Eurocrats listen? You have to fill in the questionnaire to give them a chance?

11.04.2005 To government and business officials from Australia and New Zealand gathered last week to begin to seek slutions to climate change beyond 2012--when the Kyoto Protocol expires--that would involve the U.S. and China, neither of which is currently bound by Kyoto provisions.

10.04.2005 Thousands of lakes in China have disappeared entirely. Only five percent of Lake Chad, in Central Africa, remains, and mere mortals can now walk where the waters of the Sea of Galilee have receeded. All over the globe, bodies of water that have existed for millenia are drying up, and we are to blame, explains Earth Policy Institute founder Lester Brown.

05.04.2005 The states and territories of Australia have initiated a scheme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions independent of the federal government, which has declined to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Critical of their governmentÂ’s head-in-the-sand attitude, the states are proposing a national trading scheme to fight climate change.

04.04.2005 Indian environment magazine Terragreen demystifies the Kyoto Protocol and provides simple information on how everyone can contribute towards achieving it.

01.04.2005 As new figures show another rise in carbon dioxide emissions, the government's climate change policy is in disarray. WWF explains how the frequency of use of the Thames Barrier is one benchmark of global warming - and the projections look alarming.